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Boars Low is a bowl barrow of Bronze Age date located in Derbyshire. The monument consists of a roughly circular earthen mound typical of funerary monuments constructed during the second millennium BCE. Bowl barrows of this type represent one of the most common forms of burial monument in Bronze Age Britain, serving as focal points for ritual and commemoration within their local landscape. The site's preservation as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in the Peak District region.
Boars Low bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013878. View the official record →
Boars Low is a bowl barrow of Bronze Age date located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013878.
Boars Low bowl barrow is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1013878.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval moated site, ridge and furrow, and mill site at Sturston (6.6 km), Mayfield strip lynchets (6.6 km), Tinker's Inn bowl barrow, north (7.9 km).
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